Check-controlled vending machine



July 24,1928. 1,678,502

A.. FoRNEY CHECK CONTROLLED VENDING MACHINE Filed May 1927 2Sheets-Sheet l I 1 42 Q 14L n-qq ,4 26/ 34 2 125 1! agt QH'OUHWH July24, 1928.

A. FORNEY CHECK CONTROLLED VENDING MACHINE 2 Sheet's-Slfeet 2 Filed May26, 1927 Patented July 24, 1928.

ARTHUR FORNEY, 0F BAlLTIMORE, MARYLAND.

CHECK-CONTROLLED VENDING MACHINE.

Application filed May as, 1927. Serial No. 194,325.

This invention relates to check controlled vending machines and hasforan object to provide a machine of unusual elasticity. as to the coinsemployed and the merchandise delivered. I i

Afurther object of the invention is to provide a coin controlled vendingmachine which may be adjusted to vend packages of various sizes andwith'i'mproved means for controlling the delivery'ofthe package.

A further object oftheinventionis to provide a coin controlled vendingmachine which may 'be' adjusted from time to time 'to operatewith a.different number of coins as the price'of the commodity vended mayfluctuate.

A further object of the invention is topro-v vide a vending machineactuated by the introduction of a plurality'otcoins with improved meansfor employing the coins in the actuation of the mechanism.

With these and other objects in view, the invention comprises certainnovel parts, elements, units, combinations, constructions, interactions,mechanical movements and functions as disclosed in the drawings togetherwith mechanical and functional equivalents thereoflas will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view partly in side elevation but largely in verticalsection of the improved coin controlling mechanism. 7

Figure 2 is a view of the device in side elevation.

Figure 3 isa view of the device in edge elevation as indicated by arrow3 at Figure 2. Figure 4 is a top plan'view of the device. Figure 5 is asectional View taken on line 55 of Figure 1. i p Figure 6 is aperspective View of the commodityd'etaining and separating instrumen-ftality. I k

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the coin detaining and releasingmechanism. Like characters of reference indicate corresponding --partsthroughout the several Views), p

The improved coin controlled vending machine which forms the subjectmatter of this application. is intended to be employed in conjunctionwith any'form of commodity retraining stack,shelving or the like,indicated conventionally at 10, it being understood that the proportionsand relations to the ma} chine will vary according to the commodity andother conditions. 1 1

To the side of this stack 10 a framework 11 is secured, which carriesthe coin receiving and actuating structure.

This coin receiving and actuatingstructure comprises a slide 12 having ahandle or other means for manipulating, indicated at 13, and movablefrom the normal or inoperative position shown at Figure '2 to the ofgrooves 16 which are spaced properly'in accordance with the diameter ofthe coin to be employed in the particularorganization,

such coins being indicated at 17 in Figures 1 and 2. i

The slide 12 has a right angular offset detent 19 fitting into any oneof the several grooves 16 as the'bar 18 may be adjusted by means of theslot 20 and screw 21. The grooves 16 intersectthe coin magazine 15 sothat the detent 19 sliding in any one of the grooves 16, when in normalposition, is so placed as to detain the coins which are dropped throughthe coin slot 14 into the magazine 15 and the number of coins which maybe dropped into the magazine 15 will be determined by the position ofthe detent 19 in some one of the grooves 16. 7

As shown at Figures 1 and 2, the device is adjusted so that the magazine15 will contain two inoperative coins 17 while the third coin 22 willoriginally occupy the position shown at 22 in Figure 1 and in suchposi-.

tion as to be engaged by the shoulder 23 forming one of the sides of thecoin chute 14. WVhen, therefore, the slide 12 moves in the direction ofthe arrow, the shoulder 23 will push the coin 22 from off the top of theidle coins on to the ledge 24 in which position it will be projectedinto the outer edge of the slot 25 in the sliding block 26. The shoulder27 of this sliding block 26 will tend to resist the further movementofthe coin 22 but, by reason of the sliding block 26 beingheld to positiononly by. the spring 28, the block will yield and move to the positionshown at Figure 1 until the coin 22 is in position to enter the slot 29in the frame 11, whereupon the coin will be forced through the slot 29and will release the sliding block 26 which will be returned by itsspring to normal position.

As a simultaneous action, the movement of the slide 12 carrying with itt l6 bar 18 will remove the detent 19 from detaining posit-ion under theidle coins 1'? which willall drop through the coin magazine into arecepta cle 30 together with the coin 22 which has likewise beendischarged into the same receptacle. e 7

As will be noted especially from Figures and 4, the sliding block 26 isprovided with a beveled or inclined cam side 31 and a pin 32 is mountedto slide in the -frame 11 to project into and out of the commodity stackwith a spring 33 tending to hold the pin with its head 3% slidably inengagement with the cam 31. In its normal position, the pin 32 is heldby the sliding block 26with its end projected into the commodity stackas indicated in dotted lines at Figures 3 and l. l hen, however, thesliding block is moved back by the actuation of the device with a coinin proper position so that the sliding block is in the position shown atFigures 1 and 5. the head 34: of the pin 32 slides down the incline 31of the sliding block and is withdrawn. from the commodity stack, asshown at Figure 5, so that a package of commodity within the stack,indicated at 35, would drop downwardly into the accessible opening 36.

To prevent other commodity packages from also being discharged anddelivered at the same time, the next commodity package above indicatedas 35 is detained temporarily by means of a plate 36 which is secured tothe slide 12 by means of an offset 37, slotted as at 38 to make itadjustable upon the slide 12 for packages of different sizes. As theslide 12 ismoved in, therefore, to withdraw the pin 32 from itssupporting position, the plate 36 is inserted between the lowermost andits next above package so that the lowern'iost package may freely dropwhile the package above is retained against such dropping. Immediatelyupon the discharge of the coin 27, the sliding block 26 will snap backinto position, thus permitting the pin 32 to again assume its detainingposition, so that, when. the slide 12 is drawn outwardly and the plate36 withdrawn from supporting position under the package 35, the pin 32is in position to restrain the stack of commodity packages from droppingeX- cept for the distance necessary for the delive y of the next item.

In operation, the device will be attached to any convenient form ofcommodity stack which will be determined wholly by the size,

Lenses shape and contour-of the packages. The dcvice will be so attachedthat the pin 32 will be in proper position for maintaining the commoditystack and the plate 36 will be adjusted up or down as may be made neces'sary by the size and shape of the package so as to properly insinuateitself between the lowermost and superposed package when operated.

It being determined also how many of a particular denomination of coinwill be required to purchase one package 01 the commodity, the bar 18will be adjusted so that the detent 19 will occupy the proper slot tosupport the required number of c0ins,.and

it is to be understood that the showing of two coins in the drawings ismerely indicative and that the number may be more or less according tothe setting and adjusting of the bar 18 providing for the detent 19 tobe in.

position to support thecoins of the magazine at any given position. v j

It is. intended that this device shall be employed for the vending ofcommodities, the price of which may .vary from day to day, while thepackages themselves remain substantially constant in size, so that onceadjusted as to the size of the package, a

periodical adjustment of the bar 18 to provide for the actuation otthedevice by a greater or lesser number of coins may be ac complished asoccasion may make necessary.

What I claim to be new is 1. A coin controlled vendingmachine comprisinga frame having a coin magazine intersected by a pluralityof slotsperpendicular to the magazine chamber, a manually movable part having a'coin slot registering at times with the coin magazine, and a detentadjustable to move in an elected slot and to support a predeterminedelected number of coins in the magazine, means including said movablepart to employ the uppermost coin for actuating the delivery mechanismand to move the detent from coin supporting position, and meanstodischarge the employed coin together with the other coins in themagazine. I

2. A coin controlled vending machine comprising a frame having a coinmagazine therein, a manually movable part, means carried by the movablepart adjustable to support a predetermined elected number of coins inthe magazine, a block slidably mounted, means to employ one of the coinsto connect the movable part with the sliding block, and means actuatedby the movement of the sliding block for delivering commodities.

3. A coin controlled vending machine comprising a frame having a coinmagazine intersected by a plurality of grooves perpendicular to thechamber of the magazine, a movable part having a coin slot registeringat times with the coin magazine, a member earried by the movable parthaving a detent adjustable to move in an elected slot, a sliding block,means to employ the uppermostcoin in the'magazine as a connector betweenthe movable part andthe sliding block, means controlled by the movementof the sliding block to release a commodity package, and means carriedby the movable part for supporting the commodity next above thatdischarged.

4c. The combination With a commodity stack of a coin controlled deliverymechanism associated with said stack, said delivery mechanism comprisinga frame, a coin magazine contained in said frame, a movable part, asliding block, means to employ a, coin in the magazine as a connectorbetween the movable part and the sliding block, a pin inserted into thecommodity stack and movable longitudinally by the movable block, and aseparating and sup ARTHUR FORNEY.

